The Activity of Being
Author | : Aryeh Kosman |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2013-03-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674075023 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674075021 |
Rating | : 4/5 (021 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Activity of Being written by Aryeh Kosman and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding “what something is” has long occupied philosophers, and no Western thinker has had more influence on the nature of being than Aristotle. Focusing on a reinterpretation of the concept of energeia as “activity,” Aryeh Kosman reexamines Aristotle’s ontology and some of our most basic assumptions about the great philosopher’s thought.